Miner s folding candlestick



(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1` R. CLINCH.

MINERS FOLDING OANDLBSTIGK.

Patented Sept. 7,1897.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

. R. CLINCH. MINERS PGLDING CANDL'ESTIGK. No. 589,594. atented Sept. 7,1897.

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ROBERT CLINCH, OF COMBNATION, lilONTANA.

MINERS FOLDING OANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,594, dated September 7, 1897'. Application filed November 28, 1896. Serial No. 613,784. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ROBERT Omron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Combination, in the county of Granite and State of Montana, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Miners Folding Candlesticks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in combination-Candlesticks for miners use, and the object is to provide a Candlestick of this kind that combines several other implements and is capable of being folded and carried in the pocket.

To these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the saine, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawin the saine figures of reference indicate similar parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my iniproved combination-Candlestick as it appears when folded up. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same as it appears when ready fornse. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the knife-blade open. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the spike folded into the handle, and Fig. 5 is a transverse diagonal view on the dotted line d d of Fig. 3.

l represents the handle, preferably. made of steel, the integral parallel arms 2 3 being spring-tempered to give them resiliency, the outer end l of the arm 2 being rabbeted to receive the bifurcated end 5 of the spike (l, which is pivoted thereto by a rivet 7 and which folds backward parallel with said arm, the pointed blade of the spike folding into a slot S in the handle-bow 9. rllie outer end of the opposite arm 3 is formed with a slot 10, in which is pivoted the shank 12 of a knifeblade 13 by a rivet 1l, and when not in use this blade folds into a recess 15 in the outside of said arm. The inner face of this arm 3 is formed with a transverse recess 16, which engages the corresponding lu gs 17 on the bifurcated 'end 5 of the spike, and the outer end 1S of the shankml of the knife-blade extends into a slot 19 in the right-angular shoulder 20 of the end 5 of the spike, which serves to stiften the spike when it is in use.

22 and 23 represent integral lugs on the arms 2 and 3, respectively, and in them is mounted a diagonal transverse shaft 24, one end of which is formed with a collar 25, to which is secured a spring candle-holder 26, having a projecting lip 27, by means of which the holder may be sprung open to adj ust the candle in it. One side of this lip is provided with a lug 2S, which engages the edge of the spike when folded in the handle and serves to retain it in place.

The outer face of the lug is formed with a notch 2S) and a shoulder 30. The shank 3l of the hook 32 is rigidly secured to the outer end of the shaft 24.-, and when the hook is opened at a right angle to the jaws 2 3 it also carries the candle-holder parallel with it and the shank of the hook rests against the shoulder and at the same time rests in the notch 29, which retains both the hook and candle-holder in an upright position.

It will be observed that the outer face 33 of the lug 23 is beveled or at an incline with reference to the arm 3, and consequently in opening the hook its shank, contiguous to the shaft 24, rides on this inclined face and serves to dra-w the parallel arms 2 3 together, thus rigidly locking the spike in place when extended, or when it is closed and the knifeblade Vopened the inner parallel side of the end of the arm 2 binds against the contiguous parallel edge 234-. of the shank of the knifeblade and locks it in place.

The shank 31 of the hook is formed with an offset 35, which allows the point of said hook to lie flat in the handle-bow 9.

36 represents a lever fnlcrnmed in the handle-bow by a rivet .37, its outer end forming a curved jaw 3S, the inner concave face of which is serrated to correspond to the contiguous serrated recess 39 in the arm 3, and 4:0 represents a V-shaped spring, one end of which is secured to the inside of the handlebow, and its free end presses against the lever SG, as shown. This lever is intended for use in crimping the caps on the fuses used in blasting.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrangement of the IOO several elements .of my invention, Ido not deslre lio be conincd to the same, as .such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall Within the scope of my invention l. A miners Candlestick, comprising the,

parallel spring -arms 2 and 3, the spike G hinged to the arm 2 and the blade 13 pivoted in the arm 3, in combination with the transverse shaft 24, havingra collar 25, the candleholder 26 secured thereto, and the hook 32, having its integral shank 31 secured to one end ofthe shaft 24, substantially as shown and described.

2. A miners implement, :comprising the handle-bow, hav-ing integral parallel spring arms 2 3, provided with =lugs22, 23, the latter provided with an inclined face 433, notch 29 and shoulder 30,theshaft 24 journalediin said lugs :and having an `integlal collar 25, a Vcandle-holder secured to saidcollarand provided with a `M1927 lhavin'g retaining-lug 28 and the hoo'k 32 having :its shank 3l 4secured to said shaft -so as toen gage said notch `and shoulder on the lug 23, in combination with the spike 6 hinged to the outer end of the arm 2, and its shank adapted y to engage the lug on the lip 27, When folded, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A miners implement, comprising the handle-bow, the integral parallel spring-arms provided with 'lugs'22 23,tl1e latter having an inclined face 33, notch 2 9 and shoulder 30, the shaft 24 journaled in said lugs and provided a't one `end with a collar to which is fixed a-spring candle-clamp and the hook 32 having its shank 3l secured to the other end, in combination with the hinged spike 6, the pivoted knife-blade 13, and the lever 36 fulacru-med in the Ah'andle-loovv, and having :ase-rrated jaw contiguous to the recess 39 in one of said farms, substantially 'as 4and for the purposev set forth.

(In vtestimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presen-oe of two witnesses.

ROBERT CLNCH. 'Witnesses homos HANSEN, l W. E. MooRE. 

